Way definition
If I had my way.
She certainly does have a way with words.
An example of a way is the route to get from one place to another.
An example of a way is folding a shirt in half lengthwise and in half again.
He is in a bad way financially.
Drop in when you're out our way.
This door is the only way into the attic.
Cleared the way for the parade.
Opened the way to peace.
Tried to find the shortest way home.
On her way north.
The travelers have come a long way. That village is a good ways off.
Tried to take the easy way out of the mess he was in.
Several ways of solving this problem; had no way to reach her.
Elbowed his way through the crowd; talked my way into the club; worked his way into a better job.
The American way of life.
Have it your own way.
He glanced my way.
A three-way conversation.
Resembles his father in many ways; in no way comparable.
Not much in the way of a plot.
Way off base; way too expensive.
Go way.
The Appian Way.
Clear a way for the ambulance.
Highway, railway, one-way street.
On the way to town.
The way of the world.
To learn the ways of other people.
To have a pleasant way.
Just a little ways to go.
Go this way; look this way.
To be right in some ways.
To have or get one's own way.
A four-way conversation.
To be in a bad way.
Out our way.
Do it this way.
A way to cut costs.
Way beyond, way in, way back.
Way better, way more, way too slow.
Hip friends who are way cool.
- Do you know the way to the airport? Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut. It's a long way from here.
- A means to enter or leave a place.We got into the cinema through the back way.
- A roughly-defined geographical area.If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
- Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
- Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
Way to ruin the moment, guys.
I'm way too tired to do that.
I'm a way better singer than she.
I'm way tired.
String theory is way cool, except for the math.
I used to live way over there.
The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
We're walking along the Way now.
To fall into evil ways.
- From beginning to end; completely:Drove all the way from Detroit to Pittsburgh.
- Incidentally:By the way, you forgot to cash that check.
- Through; via:Flew to the Far East by way of the polar route.
- As a means of:Made no comment by way of apology.
- To inconvenience oneself in doing something beyond what is required.
- To a certain extent; with reservations:I like the new styles, in a way.
- From one point of view:In a way, you're right.
- In a position to obstruct, hinder, or interfere.
- Certainly not:Did you like that movie?—No way! It was boring.
- In the process of coming, going, or traveling:She is on her way out the door. Winter is on the way.
- On the route of a journey:Met him on the way to town; ran into them on the way.
- In such a position as not to obstruct, hinder, or interfere.
- Taken care of; disposed of:Some details to get out of the way first.
- In a remote location.
- Of an unusual character; remarkable.
- Improper; amiss:Said nothing out of the way.
- In the manner that:The way he talks, you'd think he ran the company.
- In motion or operation.
- In ongoing development; in progress.
- to start or resume one's journey
- incidentally
- on or beside the way
- passing through; through; via
- as a way, method, mode, or means of
- to come within someone's scope or range; come to someone
- to turn out successfully for someone
- to withdraw; yield
- to break down; collapse
- to step aside for; yield to
- to give free expression toTo give way to tears.
- to proceed or agree completely
- to engage in sexual intercourse
- to inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble
- to be skilled in or adept in the use ofA writer who has a way with words.
- to engage in sexual intercourse with
- to dominate; exercise power or mastery over
- in such a position or of such a nature as to obstruct, hinder, impede, or prevent
- being as designated; constitutingWe had very little in the way of food.
- to be a guide or example
- to advance or proceed
- to advance in life or succeed, as by one's own efforts
- to make room; clear a passage
- to make progress
- in no manner; by no means; not at allno way am I going to the concert.
- used to express emphatic refusal, surprise, disbelief, dismay, etc. [You were at the party too? No way!]: pronounced with a rising stress
- becoming unfashionable, obsolescent, etc.
- dying
- in a position so as not to hinder or interfere
- disposed of
- not on the right or usual route or course
- an ending of a relationship as because of a disagreement
- to be willing (to do something)
- to find it convenient or possible
- to go on a journey; travel
- according to the way that; asWith things the way they are.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of way
- Middle English from Old English weg wegh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English wei, wai, weighe, from Old English weġ, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian wei, Low German Weg, Dutch weg, German Weg, Danish vej, Swedish väg, Latin vehō, via, Albanian udhë.
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